Low dose continuously infused growth hormone results in increased lipoprotein(a) and decreased low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in middle‐aged men

Abstract

A low dose infusion of GH results in marked changes in lipoprotein concentrations with a transient increase in VLDL cholesterol and thereafter in a decrease in LDL cholesterol. In addition, this low dose of GH resulted in marked increases in lipoprotein(a) concentrations. The observed effects of GH may partly involve changes in IGF-I and insulin secretion.